New York State has yet to set safety standards to prevent millions of workers from contracting COVID-19 on the job. While New Yorkers are reminded to wear masks and practice social distancing, our state continues to ignore workers on the frontline of this crisis—those who are putting their health at risk in service to our communities. This includes workers who are deemed essential, including health care workers, grocery store clerks and sanitation workers. Many still don’t have access to adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), putting themselves, their families and the general public at risk. New York must take action now to prevent a second wave of COVID infections and protect vulnerable communities. As businesses reopen, more workers will be at risk for exposure.

Send a letter to your NY Assemblymembers: protect workers and businesses from COVID-19 by establishing enforceable health and safety standards.

Endorsers:

1199 SEIU

9/11 Environmental Action

ACT UP

Adhikaar

AFCSME DC 37

African Communities Together

Alianza Agricola

ALIGN-NY

BK Rot

Center For Food Safety

Citizen Action of New York

Community Food Advocates

CWA District 1

DRUM-Desis Rising up and Moving

Environmental Advocates of New York

Food Chain Workers Alliance

Friends of the Earth

GAPIMNY

HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance

Housing Justice for All

IBT Local 813

Jew for Racial Economic Justice

Jobs with Justice

Johns Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future

Kinetic Communities

Laundry Workers Center

Legal Aid Society

Long Island Jobs with Justice

Long Island Progressive Coalition

Make the Road New York

National Day Laborer Organizing Network

National Domestic Workers Alliance

National Employment Law Project

New York City Central Labor Council

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

New York Communities for Change

New York Immigration Coalition

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

New York State AFL-CIO

New York State Nurses Association

New York Working Families

Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson

NY Nail Salon Workers Association

NY NJ Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU

Partnership for Working Families

People Climate Movement

Public Justice

Push Buffalo

Queens Climate Project

Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union

Sierra Club

Street Vendor Project, Urban Justice Center

Strong Economy for all Coalition

Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network

Teamsters Joint Council 16

Tech Workers Coalition

Tompkins County Worker Center

TREEage

UAW Region 9A

Union of Concerned Scientists

UFCW Local 2013

Vocal-NY

Western New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health

West Side Campaign Against Hunger

Worker Justice Center of NY

Workers Center of Central New York

Workplace Project